Super Moon and new camera

Tonight at 11:34 EDT the moon reaches its perigee and within one minute it reaches its fullest.  So I am testing a new superzoom camera.  A gadget, a tiny box no bigger than a pack of cards can take a closeup of the moon.  Not quite as good as Galileo's telescope, but interesting.  The time reported on this blog is incorrect.  This photo was taken at 11:35pm.

Hello, is anyone out there?

Some people have asked me to do this, so here goes.  I'm blogging.  This blog will be limited to news of my travels, research, and art.  I don't care for much of my life to be sucked up into the black hole of cyberspace; I like real life.  So I might not be returning all that frequently.  For starters, I am looking forward to being part of an upcoming NEH institute on "Leonardo da Vinci: Between Art and Science" this summer, to be held at the Max Planck Kunsthistorisches Institute in Florence, Italy.  I will post a photo from there.  The image above is a mezzotint "Triple Self-Portrait".  I am an art historian/painter/printmaker and I occasionally build musical instruments.